complementary

• Décrit ce qui complète ou améliore autre chose, souvent utilisé dans le contexte des couleurs, des relations ou des services.

Describes something that completes or enhances something else by providing what is lacking or by adding a positive quality.

1. Completing or enhancingB2formal

   Serving to complete or enhance something else, often by providing what is lacking.

   Qui complète ou améliore

   • The two colors are complementary and look great together.
   • Their skills are complementary, making them a strong team.
   • The wine was complementary to the cheese platter.

   Synonymesadditionalcompletingcoordinatingcorrespondingmatchingmutualreciprocalsupplementarysupporting

   Antonymesconflictingcontradictoryincompatible

2. Free of chargeB1formal

   Given or supplied as a free bonus or courtesy.

   Offert

   • The hotel offers a complementary breakfast to all guests.
   • We received complementary tickets to the concert.
   • The spa provides complementary towels and slippers.

   Synonymescomplimentarycourtesyfreefree of chargegratis

• Nom désignant l'un des deux couples de couleurs qui, mélangées, produisent du blanc (lumière) ou un gris neutre (pigments) ; par extension, ce qui complète ou s'accorde avec autre chose.

A noun referring to one of two chromatic colors that, when combined, produce white light or a neutral gray in pigments.

1. Complementary colorB2formal

   Either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments).

   couleur complémentaire

   • Red and green are complementary colors in the context of light.
   • The artist used complementary colors to create contrast.
   • When mixing pigments, blue and orange are considered complementary.

   Synonymescomplementopposite